Biography
A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Nicholson, Wyoming County, Pa. , March 5, 1941. Attended Lackawanna Trail High School, Factoryville, Pa. Graduated from Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School, Kingston, Pa. , 1959. B. A. , Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. , 1963. United States Army, 1963-1965. Member, Tunkhannock Area, Pa. , school board, 1975-1998, president, 1992-1998. Business owner. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2007). Was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 2016.